Table 5.

Patient’s perceptions of the therapeutic alliance when treated by same sex and different sex chiropractors

Patients’ perceptions	Gender match	N	Meana	SD	t(df)	p
Overall WAV-12	No match	78	4.11	±0.54	t(179) = 0.46	0.64
	Match	103	4.07	±0.63
Goal dimension	No match	85	4.03	±0.62	t(193) = 1.03	0.30
	Match	110	3.93	±0.67
Task dimension	No match	87	4.10	±0.60	t(196) = 0.14	0.89
	Match	111	4.09	±0.63
Bond dimension	No match	81	4.20	±0.66	t(183) = −0.24	0.81
	Match	104	4.23	±0.73

^aMeasured on a 1–5 point Likert scale, 5 representing an optimal alliance